New Year’s Blessing Prayer
Taken from “Prayers for the Domestic Church” by Edward Hays: Lord , You who live outside of timeand reside in the imperishable moment, we ask Your blessing this New Year’s Day upon Your gift to us of time. Bless our clocks and watches, you who kindly direct us to observe the passing of minutes and hours. May they make us aware of the miracle of each second of life we experience. May these our ticking servants help us not to miss that which is important, while You keep us from machine-like routine. May we ever be free from being clock watchers and instead become time lovers. Bless our calendars, these ordered lists of days, weeks and months, of holidays, holydays, fasts and feasts – all our special days of remembering. May these servants, our calendars, once reserved for the royal few, for magi and pyramid priests, now grace our homes in our lives. Me there reminders of birthdays and other gift days, As they teach us the secret that all life is meant for celebration in contemplation. Bless, Lord, this New Year, each of its 365 days and nights. Bless us with new moons and full moons. Bless us with happy seasons and a long life. Grant to us, Lord, the new year’s gift of the year of Love. Amen +